Wikipediaren pertzepzio eta erabilera DBH-ko ikasle eta irakasleen artean

Abstract

Wikipedia is one of the most employed sources of information, since it provides free, easy, and fast access to many information topics. However, due to the collaborative developing system of Wikipedia, its reliability is often questioned. In any case, many investigations show that an active use of Wikipedia can be remarkably beneficial for the learning process and that when Wikipedia is used as an educational tool, many qualities and competencies can be acquired by students. Furthermore, using Wikipedia more actively may improve the opinions regarding its reliability. Thus, in this investigation, the perceptions, and uses of Wikipedia among students and teachers at a high school in Gipuzkoa have been studied, using two different questionnaires. According to the data, both students and teachers hold positive opinions about Wikipedia, although it seems that many of them still present trusting issues towards it. Additionally, educators do not seem to be making the most of Wikipedia’s potential as a teaching tool, since its use is essentially limited to looking up information. Therefore, in the future it would be interesting on the one hand, to scale up this research about perceptions, and on the other hand, to  develop interventions that promote a more active use of Wikipedia and employ the available resources to do so.